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Clover Park Technical College is a public institution located in Lakewood, Washington. Lakewood is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

65 Undergraduate Degrees

Where Is Clover Park Technical College?

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Contact details for CPTC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4500 Steilacoom Blvd Sw, Lakewood, WA 98499-4004
Phone: 253-589-5800
Website: www.cptc.edu

How Do I Get Into CPTC?

You can apply to CPTC online at: www.cptc.edu/apply

Clover Park Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Clover Park Technical College?

13% Take Out Loans
12.7% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CPTC, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $5,434 a year. That adds up to $21,736 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CPTC is 12.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Clover Park Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,962 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,591 undergraduate students at CPTC, with 1,962 being full-time and 1,629 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 1,962 full-time undergraduates at CPTC, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Clover Park Technical College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 107
Black or African American 221
Hispanic or Latino 221
White 991
International Students 20
Other Races/Ethnicities 402

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Clover Park Technical College. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at CPTC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Hong Kong, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Online Learning at Clover Park Technical College

634 Took All Classes Online
1,272 Took At Least One Class Online
42.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,272 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CPTC has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 8th most popular in Washington for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of CPTC

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Clover Park Technical College was $5,740 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how CPTC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Operations Management #7 #28
Business Administration & Management #46 #152

Online Growth Rankings of CPTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Clover Park Technical College was 42.0%. This is the #638 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CPTC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at CPTC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at CPTC.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Retail Management #1
Business Administration & Management #497

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Clover Park Technical College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Bachelor’s TOTAL
Retail Management 27 10 0 37
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 14 10 0 24
Operations Management 0 0 4 4
TOTAL 41 20 4 65

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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